Hi everyone. I am planning a mini laptop using a pi zero and a 7'' LCD. I have never used a pi before so I am not sure what parts I will need. I have repaired laptops for a living so should be OK putting it together . Can you guys help me pick the parts please.

Reading through the adafruit guide it sounds pretty hard work, Adafruit have since started stocking a solder removal alloy which might make the job easier, basically a low melting point solder which you use to dilute the solder on the board.

If you want a minimum profile device then an A+ with the Pi screen might be OK, I'm just conscious that you will want some connectivity (keyboard, mouse, WIFI, bluetooth, storage media, etc) so again a USB hub + dongles would be needed.

The official Pi screen connects to the display interface (not available on the Pi0) through a small interface board (supplied with the screen).